walk toward sunshine

cats in love - his fast retreat toward the sunshine

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short lifespan

morning meditation - the short lifespan of snow patterns

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This morning meditation is a kind of Quigong, standing position 站椿功 , for about 10 minutes, during which time the snow was all gone.




For those who might need a more concrete imagery in the last two lines ...


snow patterns -
my cat passes
without a glance





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countdown India

countdown - all I count is five seven five ! Join the Countdown ! World Haiku Festival - India 2008

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strong storm

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strong storm -
a bird whirls by
amongst the snowflakes



it was so small and seemed to have completely lost control over its navigation system ...


Japan still in the grips of an arctic cold spell of considerable lenght !



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stone Buddha

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Stone steles in a temple in Kamakura



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windows

temple windows -

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More PHOTOS of my Japan !



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you are a marvel

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Each second we live is a new
and unique moment of the universe,
a moment that will never be again . . .
And what do we teach our children?
We teach them that two and two make four, and
that Paris is the capital of France.

When will we also teach them what they are?

We should say to each of them:
Do you know what you are?
You are a marvel. You are unique.
In all the years that have passed,
there has never been another child like you.
Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers,
the way you move.

You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo,
a Beethoven.
You have the capacity for anything.
Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up,
can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?

You must work - we must all work -
to make the world worthy of its children.

Pablo Casals





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We need the capacity for haiku !



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pink snow

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light snow -
pink sunshine
on the pines


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More of it is here:
Snow in Ohaga
My Weekly Weatherforecast



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wallking with ISSA

冬長く　一茶と友に　道を行く this long winter - walking the road with Issa

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I have been studying a lot lately about
Issa in Shikoku !


Issa and the Three Venerable Treasures, sanson 三尊 of the Haiku World


Temple Saimyo-Ji (Saimyooji) and Issa 最明寺



Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)



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wednesday snow

My Badger Tanuki with a scarf hookaburi 頬被り, like a Japanese thief black bird on a winter branch a moment of sunshine camellia flowers in snow wednesday morning - more snow and more happiness

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The Cold Wave continues ...

The wind is biting cold this morning, the moment of sunshine just enough to give some the background to the photos. Fingers freezing on the camera ! Then back to gray in gray, buzzing wind and blizzard-like snowflakes whirling around the valley.


. . . Arctic Touch, beginning on Tuesday ...



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long winter

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冬長く夏の厚さをなつかしく



this long winter -
fond memories of the heat
of summer



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poetic morning

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A teacher who can arouse a feeling
for one single good action,
for one single good poem,
accomplishes more than he or she
who fills our memory
with rows on rows of natural objects,
classified with name and form.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe





morning snowfall -
the pink sky so vague
over the pines


This morning is rather poetic ...
and cold ... brrrr

GABI

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Arctic Touch

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the Arctic touch ...
sunshine and
an icecold wind







Next morning, Thursday 13

© http://weather.yahoo.co.jp/



A so-called "Winter Typhoon" is developping and maybe to last until the day after tomorrow !
Temperatures are dropping drastically, causing strong storm conditions in many parts of Japan.
We are having storm too, but not toooooo bad yet, just icecold!


平成20年02月12日17時

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Wednesday ...
The Cold Wave continues ...



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Issa Friends

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一茶と世界の仲間達
2008年2月4日(月) ～ 2月19日(火)



一茶は生涯2300句の俳句を作った。その内8000句を米国ザビエル大学のダビット教授が英訳し、インターネットで配信している。
一茶は江戸時代の人、風俗習慣が大分違う。まして外国人には判り難い。そこで私は句に絵をつけてブログに載せた。
一茶とダビットと私、三人はイメージを共有出来、伝わり易くなった。 一茶の句は、思いやりと人間の赤裸々な声が溢れている。時代を超え、国を越えて愛されている。
そんな一茶を愛する世界の仲間が作品を寄せてくれた。










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Issa and world fellows Display in Tokyo

The Issa and World fellows Dispaly has been opened in Tokyo from Feburary 5th to 19th.
How the fellows's work are displayed, it would be very interest.
Please enjoy them though the vidio.

Sakuo Nakamura Sakuo

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GokuRakuAn is also to be visited there !






A BIG THANK YOU, Sakuo san !

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woodpecker

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sounds of my spring -
a woodpecker raps
in the old tree







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Finally we have a day of sunshine, after all the snow .....

ora ga haru ... (sounds of) my spring


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